Enjoyed this one-shot take by @intern on his switch to robotics, and it made me reflect on my own path at the intersection. Some rough thoughts: 1/ It's not necessarily crypto vs. robotics/AI. It's HOW crypto can 10x robotics. Crypto's most powerful function is using incentives to coordinate contributors and bootstrap network growth. We're leveraging this at @BitRobotNetwork, using rewards to build diverse, real-world datasets scale hardware deployment. We've seen success with our first subnet (@etfugi), which delivered the largest open-source sidewalk navigation dataset on @huggingface. We're now scaling similar rewards-based data collection efforts across other subnets and robotic embodiments. (if you're interested in contributing to our robotic arms experiments and earning, DM me for an access code) On the capital-formation side, crypto is also incredibly powerful: it lets anyone, anywhere contribute capital, which is critical to getting more hardware deployed in the wild for real-world testing. We're going to be spinning up opportunities for people to participate in deploying @BitRobotNetwork hardware soon, which I'm super excited about. 2/ Robotics has seen an uptick in investment capital recently, but the best deals and upside still happen behind closed doors. This is where the ethos of crypto shines: opening up rewards so retail can get skin in the game. @RoboStrategy is obvs the cleanest index exposure play, and @BitRobotNetwork is the onchain front line: users contribute data or deploy hardware across our subnets and earn directly as the network scales. 3/ It's true that crypto's marketing edge is in capitalizing attention, and robotics has room to improve here, since it's historically lived on the researcher and academic side. The crypto community is a natural early audience: willing to experiment, play with frontier tech, and back things before they're mainstream. Robotics projects thinking about GTM are leaving distribution on the table by ignoring this community. TLDR: we're at a rare moment where both industries can compound each other. Grateful to be building at the intersection. Bullish on crypto AND robotics 🦾

Announcing our 3rd model competition at @ieeeras IROS We're inviting teams to test their AI navigation policies on 4 tracks: urban, indoor, off-road and 50-miles outdoor The Earth Rover Challenge is organized w/ @frodobots @nyuniversity @GeorgeMasonU @NUSingapore Join us 🦾

BitRobot's open robotics lab is issuing access cards. What level will yours be? Applications open soon.

We’re excited to welcome @axisrobotics to the BitRobot Network. 1,200 robotic manipulation tasks are live on Axis. Complete 81 selected tasks today and earn rewards from both Axis and BitRobot. Dive into the tech and how we’re scaling open robotics together ↓

Some pretty big news on the @Solana timeline today > World Series of Poker > Humanoid IKEA assembly competition at IROS organized by @BitRobotNetwork > Light Protocol acq

We’re excited to partner with BitRobot Network, Lightwheel AI, Singapore Institute of Technology and contributors like Jie Tan (Deepmind), Steve Xie (Lightwheel), Michael Cho (FrodoBots), etc. Looking forward to push the boundary of humanoid loco-manipulation in this Humanoid IKEA Assembly Challenge!

I'm getting a humanoid if it can help me assemble IKEA furniture Calling researchers and teams to join this competition at IROS 2026 Teams will get data & eval resources from BitRobot, Unitree, Lightwheel, Singapore Tech University and more to get started! ⬇️

AI is escaping our screens and entering the physical world. 🦾 @BitRobotNetwork is building a decentralized robotics infrastructure (DePIN) that lets anyone train real-world AI. Through TeleArms, you can control a physical robotic arm in real-time from anywhere. Your movements actively teach AI how to handle complex tasks. W3GG is giving our community the chance to witness the future of robotics up close. ⚡ Power Up your W3GG profile to unlock and finish the quest! First 150 users to complete the Quest win a TeleArms Early Access Code. Claim yours before it closes today, June 7! 👉 Join now: app.w3gg.io/quests/622050461…

Excited for @axisrobotics to officially join the BitRobot ecosystem as SN/04 (Subnet 4) This means more robot training and reward-earning opportunities for our users 🦾

Robotics on @solana

The world's open robotics lab is entering its next phase. Contribute robotics work. Level up your lab access. Applications open soon.

Can your robot outperform a grandmaster from the Nippon Origami Society at folding a paper airplane? Enter the Robotic Origami Competition at @ieeeras IROS 2026 to check it out!

We’re giving limited private access codes to select communities for TeleArms: RoboPlayground. If your community wants early exposure to robotics, physical AI, and BitRobot rewards, apply below. 🦾 app.youform.com/forms/2km2ay…

35 new robot missions on TeleArms: RoboPlayground. 35 new ways to earn rewards and push robotics forward. Access codes available for select communities and supporters only. Who should we add?

We shipped a new site for RoboCap — our egocentric hardware platform for embodied AI data collection. It’s probably one of the most feature-rich first-person POV capture wearables on the market for robotics training. Excited to share more of what we’re building with it soon.

GM to all the IRL Solana frens 🥹

We just shipped a new feature for SN/06: TeleArms — RoboPlayground. Users can now control and toggle between vision cameras for smoother teleoperation-in-simulation while completing challenges. We still have a few private beta codes left. RT comment if you want one. 🦾

Robots and data-capture wearables on @solana are being actively deployed 🦾

me attending @SolanaEvents Accelerate AI day's happy hour via a remote control robot